Ai Weiwei Quotes, East Quotes, World Quotes

The world is sphere, has no East or West.

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I think by not letting young people be fully informed, how can they have energy and passion and the right picture of the world? I think that's the true crime.

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As a person, I was born to give out my opinions. By giving out my opinions, I realize who I am. As long as I can communicate, I'm not so lonely. If I cannot travel, or do art, or have company, if they take away all my belongings, it doesn't matter at all.

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I was an illegal alien for many, many years. I couldn't move. If I moved I could not even get a visa back.

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Warhol influenced me because of his writing. If I had never read his writings and interviews, I would never have understood his work.

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It's always the rich and there's plenty to waste, yet still China has a lot of people living in very spare, poor conditions.

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The leadership knows that you cannot solve the issues of China's future with the means of the past. The demographic consequences of the one-child policy, the build-up of the welfare state, the jobs for 7 million university graduates every year, the immense corruption: Even some Western governments would have to scramble to find solutions to such problems.

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Once you've tasted freedom, it stays in your heart...

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Self-censorship is insulting to the self. Timidity is a hopeless way forward.

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A society is healthy only when it allows its members to discuss their thoughts openly. This is also the only way that a society can gather consensus, let everyone express his or her wish, and foster creativity.

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You're still being looked at as somebody who - it's a very complicated issue.

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The society was so different [in China] - it was a feudalistic society. It didn't come to a point of industrial revolution until twenty years ago.

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You see so many people doing quite nice and respectful work, but nobody like Warhol. Warhol is outstanding. I think he has a value that is far from fully understood. He's very special for younger generations.

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The [China] government has improved in the last years. Of course, the structure is still the same; there's still a one-party system and strong censorship.

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Liberty is about our rights to question everything.

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Beijing is constructing a 100,000 m2 modern art museum, yet it will not feature any of my work.

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Anyone fighting for freedom does not want to totally lose their freedom.

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We are living in a popular culture where everything is overexposed.

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Dictatorship is a story about death of others who turn out to be you coincidently.

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To the media, I have become a symbolic figure, critical of China. According to the government, I am a dangerous threat.

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